/sooh flay", sooh"flay/ , n., adj., v., souffléed, souffléing .
n.
1. a light baked dish made fluffy with beaten egg whites combined with egg yolks, white sauce, and fish, cheese, or other ingredients.
2. a similar dish made with fruit juices, chocolate, vanilla, etc., and served as dessert.
adj.
3. Also, souffléed . puffed up; made light, as by beating and cooking.
v.t.
4. to make (food) puffed up and light, as by beating and cooking, adding stiffly beaten egg whites, etc.; make resemble a soufflé: to soufflé leftover mashed potatoes.
[ 1805-15; souffler to blow, puff sufflare to breathe on, blow on ]